they graduated from an officer training program run by nato and the afghan defense ministry. the women will not work on the front line. they will work in finance and logist logistics. the program is now recrun a o >>> the government has now put severe limitations on prescribing the once-popular diabetes drug avandia. the drug is now banned in europe because it's linked to fatal heart attacks as lisa stark reports. >> reporter: the battle against the diabetes drug avandia has been long and hard-fought. leading the charge, dr. steve nissen, cardiologist at cleveland clinic. >> people have been asking me, don't you feel vindicated? this is not about personal vindication, it's about doing the right thin >> reporter: it was dr. nissen who first raised the alarm about avandia in 2007. he found the drug increased the risk of heart attack by 43%. the fda had approved the drug eight years earlier. so what was the agency's response? >> i became, you know, their enemy for challenging a drug's safety. >> reporter: the battle lines were drawn. drugmaker glaxosmithkline and some at the fda